Sound Recording in the Home Studio
For students with a basic foundation in sound recording, this course explores and expands practical skills and knowledge to further develop production techniques and workflow. Areas that will be covered include: Week 1: Recording studio principles – from bedroom to commercial studio. Week 2: Interconnection – making your studio work in both the analog and digital domains. Week 3: Setting up to record – the Digital Audio Workstation, monitoring and the recording space. Week 4:...
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Music Composition
The aim of the Music Composition course is to provide participants with the basic knowledge and compositional techniques required to work in the style that they wish to explore. Participants will work on a range of composition activities to generate ideas and subsequently shape them into a musical work. Each week students receive feedback and advice going forward from both the tutor and fellow peers. Different topics will be discussed and explored including: • Finding inspiration...
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Blues Guitar Level 1
Blues Guitar will look into the Blues Form and discuss the cadence, primary chords, associated scales, tensions and stress points of the harmony and melody. This course will look at variations to the basic progression and discuss the various sub genres such as Delta, Chicago, Texas Blues and more. The course will also present and analyse transcribed solos and look into the sounds and effects created by a few notable Blues guitarist players. In addition, a presentation of more...
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Jazz Harmony 1
Jazz Harmony focuses on the study of chords and their relationship with each other. This class will review some fundamental harmonic concepts before exploring major and minor scale harmony in depth. The course will also discuss diatonic reharmonization, dominant chord types, modal interchange and the Blues form, through the study of a selected number of Jazz standards presented in class. This course may be particularly useful for students wanting to apply for the tertiary jazz...
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Classical Song
Classical Song will explore the techniques, skills, and style needed to sing the breadth of classical repertoire from Art Song to Opera. This course is designed for singers who wish to develop more confident solo performance. The course will cover vocal and stylistic interpretation, working with an accompanist, language and diction, connecting with your audience and performing confidence, culminating in a concert in the final week. Singers should feel able to give a solo...
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Making Music in Ableton Live
This short course is primarily aimed at newcomers to Ableton Live and is designed to get you up to speed and making music in Live as quickly as possible, building your skills, knowledge and ability to create music in a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation – In this case Ableton Live) over the 8 weeks. During the course, music making and production techniques that are applicable to a variety of genres/styles will be covered, allowing students to focus on their preferred genre(s) and begin...
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Ukulele: Beyond the Strum
Ukulele: Beyond the Strum is designed for those wanting to play in a smaller group (up to 12 members). We explore various playing styles including plectrum and finger style techniques (finger picking/strumming) through a wide variety of repertoire from folk and pop to classical and world music. The course will help you improve your music reading, rhythm, melodic and harmonic skills while developing other areas of your musicianship such as ear training and improvisation. Designed...
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Jazz Piano: First Steps Level 3
In Jazz Piano First Steps Level 3, students continue their study of Jazz Standards from the Great American Songbook and Jazz Masters. Students expand on their knowledge and skills gained in Level 2 in arranging tunes with a variety of approaches including for solo piano, piano accompaniment for a singer or instrumentalist, and also ensemble playing. Iconic forms such as Rhythm Changes and Minor Blues are explored as well as definitive standards such as Body and Soul, Stella by...
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Songwriting Workshop - level 2
Cassandra Long is a singer, educator, writer, and performer based in Sydney, Australia. Having graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Songwriting and Music Production, she currently lectures at Berklee Online, provides song feedback for the YouTube channel How To Write Songs, and performs in indie/folk duo, Walt Grace. As a mentor, Cassandra is passionate about supporting writers while they hone their craft, using tools and techniques to...
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Vocal Workout
Welcome to Vocal Workout, a place to exercise your voice! What is Vocal Workout? Vocal Workout is a voice technique course devised by Nadia Piave and open to all singers and voice users. In this course we go into the detail of healthy phonation, spending time on vocal drills and exercises, an area of voice maintenance often overlooked. The course is suitable both for singers with limited experience and for professional singers who may not have explored the benefits of vocal drills....
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